BDG News: Buddhist Monks Arrive in Delhi to Begin Walk for Peace Across Nepal, India

🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4pss4kbk

#Buddhism #BodhGaya #Sarnath #Lumbini #Kushinagar #Pilgrimage #Aloka #India #Nepal #WalkForPeace #BuddhistMonk #Buddha #Shakyamuni #Peace #LovingKindness

#Archaeology reveals how early Buddhist sites like #Lumbinī, #Bodhgayā, and #Sārnāth bridge tradition and #history. Material evidence, inscriptions, and stratigraphy illuminate the #historicity of #SiddharthaGautama, "the" #Buddha, and the institutional rise of #Buddhism, exceptional for its integration of faith and scientific inquiry. Here's a brief introduction incl. an overview of key sites:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-10-04-archaeology_of_buddhist_sights/

#WeekendStories

Eldritch Friday: by the waters of Sarnath

#Sarnath #HPLovecraft #Art #Photography, #EOS #EOS90D
#DigitalArt #TheDreamLands #Eldritch #EldritchFriday #Fantasy #Poetry
#Phantasmagoria #Weird #WeirdPoetry #WeirdTales #SpeculativePoetry #TheDoomThatCameToSarnath

https://impliedspaces.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/eldritch-friday-by-the-waters-of-sarnath/

https://youtu.be/aM5eWmzIsrk?si=2QHJT3jMmuo_NPTg

Dhamek Stupa.. where BUDDHA gave his first sermon!

#travel #stupa #youtube #socialmedia #sarnath #buddha #viral #buddhism #culture #india #heritage #culturalheritage

As #Caturday approaches, Notes on the Cat of Ulthar
~ Notes found with photos in a lost room of The Miskatonic University Library.

#Photography #DigitalArt #MiskatonicUniversity #TheCatsOfUlthar #CatsOfMastondon #Cats
#WeirdFiction #WeirdTales #WeirdPoetry #PulpMagazines #HPLovecraft #Mythos #Fantasy #Ulthar #TheDreamlands #Sarnath #Eldritch #Phantasmagoria #EldritchFriday

https://impliedspaces.wordpress.com/2023/10/20/notes-on-the-cat-of-ulthar/

#SleepingBeauty takes a Grand Tour through The Dreamlands, with stops at Unknown #Kadath, #Celephaïs, #Sarnath, #Ulthar, and #Carcosa.

#HPLovecraft #AmbroseBierce #TheDreamLands #UnknownKadath #FairyTales

#TakeAFictionalCharacterOnVacation
#HashtagGames

#DharamChakra
Turning the Wheel of #Dharma
This panel found at Sahri Bahlol, a #Gandhara site & dated #Kanishka Year 5 corresponding to 132 AD is of #Buddha delivering His first Sermon at #Sarnath near #Varanasi in #UttarPradesh #India is now at #Peshawar Museum #Pakistan

He is followed by #Hindu Gods #Brahma & #Vishnu and two other #Buddhist #Bodhisatva
A similar panel is displayed at #Brussels Museum #Belgium

#AncientIndia #Buddhism #Hinduism #Religions #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory

It's #StupaSunday!

This week's #stupa is #DhamekStupa located in #Sarnath, outside of #Varanasi. It is believed to be built on the location of the #Buddha's first sermon, the #DhammacakkappavattanaSutta.

All images are from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhamek_Stupa

Here are links to various translations of the sutta the Buddha preached on this spot: https://sutta.readingfaithfully.org/?q=SN56.11

#Buddhism #Dhamma #Dharma #Theravada #Mahayana #Vajrayana